General Journalism at Humboldt State University

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every general journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Humboldt State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and has a total student population of 6,612.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Humboldt State University General Journalism Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Humboldt State University General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Humboldt State University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Journalism Student Demographics at Humboldt State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Humboldt State University.

Humboldt State University General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

44% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical journalism bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% men. So male students are more repesented at Humboldt State University since its program graduates 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Humboldt State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820
Broadcast News Analysts	360	$102,480

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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